Mystery Photo
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langcliffe
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It may be Cymmie to the right of the gentleman in the front who is wearing a light-coloured suit. If so, it may be a group photograph from one of the pre-war BSA Speleological Conferences held in Buxton, Bristol, Giggleswick, and Swansea respectively.
It wouldn't be Swansea BSA Conference because Simpson wasn't at that one. If it's one of the others, the gentleman in the front might be Leo Palmer (Bristol University ?) who I think was BSA Chairman in the 1930's.
My other thought was possibly one of the early International Caving Congresses - the first was in the then Yugoslavia in the early 1950s.
My other thought was possibly one of the early International Caving Congresses - the first was in the then Yugoslavia in the early 1950s.
This seems to have a group photo from Yugoslavia, but 1965:
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About UIS Cave Rescue Commission History of UIS Cave Rescue Commission (CRC) The UIS Cave Rescue Commission (CRC) was founded as one of the first three Commissions of the UIS when it was established in 1965. 4th International Congress of Speleology was held in Postojna/Yugoslavia in 1965. During...
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Its a long shutter judging by their hands are clasped or folded. There is a faint mark in the bottom middle of the frame maybe SW or GW.
Pitlamp
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GW - Gordon Warwick?
Slightly taller bloke on back row looks like a young Jack Myers. If it is him then this photograph would have been taken 1962 or earlier, as Jack tragically contracted polio in 1962 and was wheelchair-bound after then.
From the clothing and suspected characters I'd agree this is likely to have been an image of delegates at a science / speleo conference and the BSA does seem a reasonable possibility. But the evidence is largely circumstantial.
Then again, photographs such as this were sometimes published with reports of conferences in national caving journals at the time, so a search of literature (particularly BSA?) may yield the same image along with notes about it?
Slightly taller bloke on back row looks like a young Jack Myers. If it is him then this photograph would have been taken 1962 or earlier, as Jack tragically contracted polio in 1962 and was wheelchair-bound after then.
From the clothing and suspected characters I'd agree this is likely to have been an image of delegates at a science / speleo conference and the BSA does seem a reasonable possibility. But the evidence is largely circumstantial.
Then again, photographs such as this were sometimes published with reports of conferences in national caving journals at the time, so a search of literature (particularly BSA?) may yield the same image along with notes about it?
langcliffe
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